Simon, Francis Eugene

PUB. DATE

January 2009

SOURCE

World Book Science Dataset;1/1/2009, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Encyclopedia

DOC. TYPE

Reference Entry

ABSTRACT

Simon, Francis Eugene (1893-1956) was a German-born British physicist. He made important contributions to science in the field of thermodynamics, the study of heat and other forms of energy and of the conversion of energy from one form to another. Simon specialized in cryogenics, the study of material at very low temperatures. In particular, he investigated the properties of liquid helium at very low temperatures.

ACCESSION #

37309260

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